{"id":127298,"date":"2015-06-22T16:51:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T16:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=127298"},"modified":"2015-06-22T16:51:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T16:51:15","slug":"pat-thomas-releases-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/pat-thomas-releases-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Thomas releases new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Highlife musician Pat Thomas has released a new album. This is\u00a0his first internationally released studio album, recorded in Accra with his band, the Kwashibu Area Band.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Directors\u00a0Kwame Yeboah and Ben Abarbanel-Wolff add superb new compositions and re-arrange some of Thomas\u2019 \u201880s compositions for a full live band.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44519\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Pat-Thomas-Ben.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-44519 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Pat-Thomas-Ben.jpg\" alt=\"Pat-Thomas-Ben\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pat Thomas and the producers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Speaking on #SaturdayLive a fortnight ago, he told the host \u2013 Kojo Akoto Boateng \u2013 that &#8220;the album would be ready by the end of June 2015 but it will not be released here (Ghana). It will be released in Europe. The recording company is in France and they want to begin with an European release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to the label <strong>Strut Records<\/strong>, &#8220;the new studio album from West African music legend Pat Thomas is shaping up to be one of the most exciting releases of the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is his sixteenth (16th) album if it\u2019s successfully released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Born Nana Kwabena Amo Mensah in Agona \u2013 Ashanti, Pat Thomas is one of the most respected highlife musicians. He has worked with bands in Ghana, Cote D\u2019Ivoure and Europe. His unique voice earned him the enviable title of the Golden Voice of Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><em>Listen and download the album below:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 406px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=312515085\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/patthomasstrut.bandcamp.com\/album\/pat-thomas-kwashibu-area-band\">Pat Thomas &amp; Kwashibu Area Band by Pat Thomas &amp; Kwashibu Area Band<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Kojo Akoto Boateng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlife musician Pat Thomas has released a new album. This is\u00a0his first internationally released studio album, recorded in Accra with his band, the Kwashibu Area Band. 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